Higher prevalence of mental disorders in socioeconomically deprived urban areas in the Netherlands: community or personal disadvantage?

摘要

Conclusions-The cumulation of mental disorders in deprived urban areas is mainly a result of a concentration of low SES people in these areas. Contextural fac- Tors of deprived urban areas give hardly Any additional risk above that resulting From a low individual SES. Objective -Major mental disorders occur More frequently in deprived urban areas. This study examines whether this occurs For all mental disorders, including less Serious ones. It further assesses whether Such a concentration can be explained by The socioeconomic status (SES) of the Residents concerned or that a cumulation Of problems in deprived areas reinforces Their occurrence.